Role Summary
Join our dynamic and friendly team working with Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Support Workers, Social Workers and Social Care Assessors to improve patient care by facilitating safe and timely discharge from NDDH and preventing unnecessary Hospital admissions. The majority of the role is Clinical and you will be working as an autonomous Clinical Specialist. Our pace is fast moving and our Clinical caseload is diverse and complex.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
The role is based primarily in A&E and the Medical Assessment Unit but also reaches across other in/out patient areas of NDDH. There is also a Community based element to the role, visiting patients in their homes for follow up and/or as part of the Acute Hospital at Home Frailty Pathway.
You will complete comprehensive holistic assessments which will require you to work across traditional professional boundaries. You will formulate specialist management plans to ensure patients are fully managed and then discharged safely and appropriately.
You will have the rewarding role of helping to drive forward improvements in Clinical standards within the team and have the opportunity to engage and educate the wider Healthcare team in order to improve the Care of vulnerable patients.
Due to the generic nature of the role you will need to have a wide range of experience preferably across Community and Acute Settings.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week or 22.5 hours per week, between 08:00 - 20:00, 7 days a week
Interview Date: Thursday 5th October 2023
For further information please contact: Amber Hallman amber.hallman@nhs.net or Paul Scott on paulscott2@nhs.net / 01271 322670
There is a fixed term position available for 22.5 hours per week for 12 months. For current NHS employees this post could be a secondment opportunity.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
